Can dialogue - in the sense of sincere inquiry - be organized or can it only come about spontaneously, unprompted?

Sincere dialogue comes unprepared or scripted between two or more persons who are dedicated to hearing and speaking authentically from themselves, not from intellectual knowledge; persons who are descerning and paradoxically also innocent. Who have looked into themselves and can recognize when they are play acting, intellectualizing or speaking from imagination rather than visionary experience.

Martha Mahon
May 18, 2005